"Death truck" exposes the ugly face of the US immigration policy

Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition

Recently, the tragedy of the "Death truck" in Texas, the United States, attracted attention: US law enforcement officials found 46 immigrant remains in a abandoned hot truck carriage in Dezhou. By June 30, the number of deaths had reached 53. The car contains 67 immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and other countries. When law enforcement officers arrived at the scene, there was no water in the carriage, the air conditioner stopped working, and the survivors were dying. The shocking number of deaths, the unmanned scene, once again exposed the long -term immigration human rights issues in the United States to the world.

This "dead truck" tragedy is one of the most serious immigration deaths in the United States in recent years. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. In March, April, and May this year, the United States arrested 210,000, 230,000, and nearly 240,000 people on the US -Mexico border, and repeatedly refreshed a single monthly record in 20 years. Data show that in 2021, the U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested about 1.7 million illegal immigrants at the US -Mexico border, including 145,000 children, many of which were roughly disposed of or even abused. So far, the United States is still implementing the "separation of flesh and flesh" policy, forcing many minor immigrants to separate from parents. The internal management of the detention facility is chaotic, and the phenomenon of human rights violations such as abuse and forced labor has repeatedly occurred. For these people, the road to the United States has become a "blood and tears" that is dangerous, unheard of life and death, and even family death.

"The tragedy of the death of the truck immigration has once again proved that the United States lacks human and unwise immigration policies." The Wall Street Journal commented. Earlier, the Trump administration pursued strict immigration policies to expand the isolation wall on the US -Mexico border; the Bayeng government promised to launch the so -called "order" and "humanitarian" border immigration policy, but after 8 months of administration, it took it back to terminate the termination. Promise for immigration deportation order. Today, immigration issues have become a tool for both parties to attack each other. After the tragedy of the "Death Vehicle", the Governor of the Republican Party of Dezhou, Abbot accused US President Biden Biden's "fatal open border policy" caused such a result; the White House published a statement back, saying that "the most shameful politics around the tragedy" was the most shameful. " Essence It can be said that the U.S. government has continuously politicized the immigration policy, and the policies are uncertain, contradictory, and increasingly extreme, which is a major reason for the tragedy of immigration.

The root cause of its roots, repeated immigration tragedies and the United States' long -term implementation of hegemonism in the Latin America cannot be removed. In the nearly 200 years after the United States proposed "Monroeism", more than 30 military involved in the Latin American countries, which caused these countries to have long -term turbulent poverty. The local people tried to escape the dilemma of life. They arrived in the US border north, but they were rejected by the United States. They were even arrested and imprisoned by violence, becoming a double victim of American hegemonism.

In addition, in recent years, the United States has continuously increased the arrest of immigrants, breed illegal business of stealing migrants, increased the risk of violent incidents such as kidnapping and murder during the journey, and exacerbated the humanitarian crisis of the immigrant group.

Evaluate whether a country has human rights and cannot engage in double standards. Why does the United States that claims to be "human rights teachers" always ignores the misery of human rights in the country? Why is the United States that is regarded as "immigration paradise" by the elite class of the country? Before the human rights issue of other countries, the United States should first answer the above questions. (Gao Qiao)

"People's Daily Overseas Edition" (1022 July 12, 2022)

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